conflagrate

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This week's Word of the Week is actually two words - conflagrate and deflagrate.

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  1. To burn up; consume with fire. Popularity is as a blaze of illumination, or, alas ! of conflagration kindled round a man,… conflagrating the poor man himself into ashes and caput mortuum. Carlyle, Misc., IV. 144.
  2. To burst into flame; take fire, either literally or figuratively. Carlyle.

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  • This week's Word of the Week is actually two words - conflagrate and deflagrate. —  murderati
  • When internal conditions have completely destroyed any ability of defense hoards of hostiles will pour across the southern border and nuclear-tipped missiles will conflagrate what is left of the cities.
  • A second one and you'll conflagrate. —  The Little Lady of the Big House
  • In the aftermath of the match the entire Funking Conservatory Inter-Gender Team conflagrate in the squared circle. —  WWE Daily
 

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  1. from Latin conflagratus, past participle of conflagrare, burn, consume, from com-, together, + flagrare, burn: see flagrant.
 

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